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Bespoke Software Is the Future by Farid Zakaria
Why read this
Names the general-purpose tax, where you need about 10% of a general tool and pay for the other 90% in imposed abstractions.
You need ~10% of a general tool but pay for the other 90% in imposed abstractions.
Off the shelf tools are great if your process fits them but the minute you need something more, it won’t work and you’re trying to fit a circle into a square hole.